By John Raffel
Correspondent
PAW PAW — The Southwest Conference has announced its 2025 postseason wrestling awards.
All-conference local wrestlers were as follows for boys:
120, first team, Aiden Munoz, Bangor, 8th at state, 31-13 record.
126, first team, Austin Garcia, Lawton, second at state, 49-5 record.
126, honorable mention,,= Jose Garcia, South Haven, eighth at state, 43-9 record.
144,Kholby Armijo, Paw Paw, honorable mention, regional qualiier 38-19 record.
150, Mikey Yelding, South Haven, first team, sixth at state 42-12.
165, Kameron Arimijo, Paw Paw, honorable mention regional qualifier, 26-15.
190, Trap Abbott, Bangor, honorable mention 25-12.
190, Brendon Jackson, Bangor, 26-9, honorable mention.
215,Enrique Macedo, honorable, Bangor 22-17.
Female all-conference local wrestlers were as follows:
First team: Maddie Moore, South Haven, 105, 9-10 record; Kaelyn Adamson, South Haven, 120, eighth at state, 32-13 record; Emmalee Krier, Paw Paw, state qualifier, 31-9; Amber Knight, South Haven, 140, regional qualifier, 30-14; Evelyn Hegelmann Bloomingdale’s, regional qualifier, 190, 12-8; Rowan Hegelmann, 235, fourth at state, 235, 22-25.
Second team: Molly Menzel,100, Regional qualifier, 16-9 record; Kady Sherrill, Paw Paw, 155, state qualifier, 23-19 record; Angel Miller, 170 Paw Paw, state qualifier, 30-12.
Academic honors went to Aiden Munoz of Bangor, Kholby Armijo and Kameron Armijo of Paw Paw, Zayden Rowland of South Haven, Rowan Hegemony and Molly Menzel of Bloomingdale’s,